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University of Tennessee
Other name
Tennessee (colloquially)
UT
UTK
UT Knoxville
UTenn
Former names
Blount College (1794–1807)
East Tennessee College (1807–1840)
East Tennessee University (1840–1879)
MottoVeritatem cognoscetis, et veritas vos liberabit.(Latin)
Motto in English
"You will know the truth andthe truth shall set you free."
On seal:"Agriculture, Commerce"
TypePublicland-grantresearch university
EstablishedSeptember 10, 1794;230 years ago(1794-09-10)
Parent institution
University of Tennessee system
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment$1.01 billion (2023)
(UT Knoxville only)[1]
$1.60 billion (2023)
(system-wide)[2]
ChancellorDonde Plowman[3]
PresidentRandy Boyd
ProvostJohn Zomchick[4]
Academic staff
1,700+[5]
Administrative staff
9,791[5]
Students36,304 (Fall 2023)[6]
Undergraduates28,883 (Fall 2023)[6]
Postgraduates7,421 (Fall 2023)[6]
Address
1212 Volunteer Blvd
,
Knoxville
,
Tennessee
,
United States

35°57′6″N83°55′48″W/ 35.95167°N 83.93000°W/35.95167; -83.93000
CampusMidsize city[10],600 acres (240 ha)[5]
Total, 2,128 acres (861 ha)[7][8][9]
NewspaperThe Daily Beacon
ColorsOrangeand white[11]
NicknameVolunteers & Lady Volunteers
Sporting affiliations
MascotSmokey XI
Websiteutk.edu

TheUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville(orThe University of Tennessee;UT;UT Knoxville;or colloquiallyUTKorTennessee) is apublicland-grantresearch universityinKnoxville, Tennessee.Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of theUniversity of Tennessee system,with ten undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges. It hosts more than 30,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. It isclassifiedamong "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[12]

UT's ties to nearbyOak Ridge National Laboratory,established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under theUT–Battellepartnership, allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students. Also affiliated with the university are theHoward H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy,theUniversity of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility,and theUniversity of Tennessee Arboretum,which occupies 250 acres (100 ha) of nearbyOak Ridge.The university is a direct partner of theUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center,which is one of two Level Itrauma centersinEast Tennessee.

Nine of its alumni have been selected asRhodes Scholarsand one alumnus,James M. Buchanan,received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics. It is a top producer ofFulbright scholars.[13]UT is one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the oldest secular institution west of theEastern Continental Divide.[14]

History

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The Hill.The University of Tennessee was established in 1794, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S.

Founding and early days

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On September 10, 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state and at a meeting of the legislature of theSouthwest Territoryat Knoxville,Blount College(named for GovernorWilliam Blount) was established with a charter.[15]The new, non-sectarian, all-male, white-only institution struggled for 13 years with a small student body and faculty, and in 1807, the school was rechartered asEast Tennessee Collegeas a condition of receiving the proceeds from the settlement devised in the Compact of 1806. WhenSamuel Carrick,its first president and only faculty member, died in 1809, the school was temporarily closed until 1820. When it reopened, it began experiencing growing pains.Thomas Jeffersonhad previously recommended that the college leave its confining single building in the city and relocate to a place it could spread out. In the summer of 1826 (coincidentally, the year that Thomas Jefferson died), the trustees explored "Barbara Hill" (today known simply asThe Hill) as a potential site and relocated there by 1828.[16]In 1840, the college was elevated toEast Tennessee University(ETU). The school's status as a religiously non-affiliated institution of higher learning was unusual for the period of time in which it was chartered, and the school is generally recognized as the oldest such establishment of its kind west of the Appalachian Divide.[17]

Reconstruction

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Tennessee was a member of theConfederacyin 1862 when theMorrill Actwas passed, providing for endowment funds from the sale of federal land to state agricultural colleges. On February 28, 1867, Congress passed a special Act making the State of Tennessee eligible to participate in theMorrill Actof 1862 program. In January 1869, the Reconstruction-era Tennessee state government designated ETU as Tennessee's recipient of the Land-Grant designation and funds.

As a land-grant institution, ETU was bound not to exclude any citizens of the state on the basis of color or race. To get around the requirement, the university chose to pay tuition for Black students to attend a separate institution,Fisk University.[18]The following year, in 1870, theTennessee Constitutionwas ratified with a provision, Article XI § 12, that prohibited public schools from enrolling both Black and White students, a policy that remained in place until the 1950s.[18]

In accepting the land grant funds, the university would focus upon instructing students in military, agricultural, and mechanical subjects. Trustees soon approved the establishment of a medical program under the auspices of the Nashville School of Medicine and added advanced degree programs. East Tennessee University was renamed theUniversity of Tennesseein 1879.[19]

World War II

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During World War II, UT was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in theV-12 Navy College Training Programwhich offered students a path to a Navy commission.[20]

Civil rights era

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Although the university was required to enroll students of any race or ethnicity as a public, land-grant institution, the Tennessee state constitution prohibited integrated education.[18]Only white students were accepted until 1952, when the first two Black students were allowed to enroll in a graduate program. Even aftereducational segregationwas ruled unconstitutional by theSupreme Courtin 1954 inBrown v. Board of Education,the university resisteddesegregation.Black students could first enroll as undergraduates in 1961.[18]

African-American attorneyRita Sanders Geierfiled suit against the state of Tennessee in 1968, alleging that its higher education system remainedsegregateddespite a federal mandate ordering desegregation. She alleged that the opening of a University of Tennessee campus atNashvillewould lead to the creation of another predominantly white institution that would strip resources fromTennessee State University,the only state-fundedHistorically black university.The suit was not settled until 2001, when the Geier Consent Decree resulted in the appropriation of $77 million in state funding to increase diversity among student and faculty populations among all Tennessee institutions of higher learning.[21]

Organization

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Colleges/Schools[22][23][24]
  • Herbert College of Agriculture
  • Haslam College of Business
  • Tickle College of Engineering
  • Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
  • College of Architecture & Design
  • College of Arts & Sciences
  • College of Communication & Information
  • College of Education, Health & Human Sciences
  • College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • College of Law
  • College of Music
  • College of Nursing
  • College of Social Work
  • College of Veterinary Medicine

Administration

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Ayres Hall

UT Knoxville is the flagship campus of theUniversity of Tennessee system,which is governed by a 12-memberboard of trusteesappointed by theGovernor of Tennessee.The Board of Trustees appoints a president to oversee the operations of the system, four campuses, and two statewide institutes.[25]Randy Boydis the current president following the retirement ofJoseph A. DiPietro.[26]The president appoints, with Board of Trustees approval, chancellors for each campus. The Knoxville campus has been headed by Chancellor Donde Plowman since 2019.[27]Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor John Zomchick is responsible for the academic administration of the Knoxville campus and is a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet.[28]

Controversy

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On December 15, 2016, the UT Board of Trustees confirmedBeverly J. Davenportas the next Chancellor of the Knoxville campus, succeedingJimmy Cheek.She was the first female Chancellor of the university.[29]On May 2, 2018, UT President Joe DiPietro fired Davenport, citing poor communication and interpersonal skills, among other reasons. The decision received criticism from the student body and faculty, as these reasons were also listed as Davenport's strengths, and why DiPietro chose to hire her a little over one year earlier. She was rehired.[30]

University Medical Center

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TheUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center,administered by University Health Systems and affiliated with the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, collaborates with theUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Centerto attract and train the majority of its medical staff. Many doctors and nurses at UTMC have integrated careers as teachers and healthcare professionals, and the center promotes itself as the area's only academic, or "teaching hospital".

The University Medical Center is the primary referral center forEast Tennessee,WesternNorth Carolina,and SoutheasternKentucky.It is one of threeLevel I trauma centersin the East Tennessee geographic region. Extensive expansion programs were embarked upon the 1990s and 2000s (decade) and saw the construction of two sprawling additions to the hospital's campus, a new Cancer Institute and a Heart Lung Vascular Institute. The new UT Medical Center Heart Hospital received its first patient on April 27, 2010.[31]

Tennessee Presidents Center

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The University of Tennessee is the only university in the nation to have three presidential papers editing projects.[32]The university holds collections of the papers of all three U.S. presidents from Tennessee—Andrew Jackson,James K. Polk,andAndrew Johnson.

Academics

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Admissions

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Undergraduate

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Undergraduate admissions statistics
2023 entering
class[33]Change vs.
2018
Admit rate40.5
(Neutral decrease−37.3)
Yield rate33.2
(Increase+6.7)
Test scoresmiddle 50%
SATTotal1240–1400
ACTComposite26–31

The 2022 annual ranking ofU.S. News & World Reportcategorizes UT as "more selective".[34]For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), UT received 29,909 applications and accepted 22,413 (74.9%). Of those accepted, 5,948 enrolled, ayield rate(the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 26.5%. UT's 2023 freshmanretention rateis 91.1%, with 73.5% going on to graduate from the university within six years.[33]

The enrolled first-year class of 2025 had the following standardized test scores: the middle 50% range (25th percentile – 75th percentile) ofSATscores was 1180–1340, while the middle 50% range ofACTscores was 25–31.[33]

Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics [33] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Applicants 49,790 36,290 29,909 25,423 21,764 20,457 18,872 17,583
Admits 20,165 24,826 22,413 19,867 17,160 15,912 14,526 13,578
Admit rate 40.5 68.4 74.9 78.1 78.8 77.8 77.0 77.2
Enrolled 6,694 6,846 5,948 5,512 5,254 5,215 4,895 4,851
Yield rate 33.2 27.6 26.5 27.7 30.6 32.8 33.7 35.7
ACT composite*
(out of 36) 		26–31 25–30 25–31 25–31 24–30 25–31 25–30 24–30
SAT composite*
(out of 1600) 		1240–1400 — 1180–1340 1140–1290 1140–1310 1150–1330 1140–1310 —
* middle 50% range

Rankings

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Academic rankings
National
ARWU[40]62–82
Forbes[41]144
U.S. News & World Report[42]105(tie)
Washington Monthly[43]152
WSJ/College Pulse[44]193
Global
ARWU[40]201–300
QS[45]481(tie)
THE[46]301–350
U.S. News & World Report[47]245(tie)

The University of Tennessee was tied for 46th among public universities and tied for 103rd among national universities in the United States byU.S. News & World Reportin its 2022 rankings.[48]

The University of Tennessee was ranked as the mostLGBTQ-unfriendlyuniversity in the United States byThe Princeton Reviewamong all 388 institutions it surveyed for its 2023 rankings. The campus Pride Center has been defunded and vandalized several times.[49]

Research

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The total research expenditures of the UT Knoxville campus were $324.4M for FY 2022.[50]UT Knoxville boasts several faculty who are among the leading contributors to their fields, including Harry McSween, generally recognized as one of the world's leading experts in the study ofmeteoritesand a member of the science team forMars Pathfinderand later a co-investigator for theMars OdysseyandMars Exploration Roversprojects.[51]The university also hosts Barry T. Rouse, an international award-winning Distinguished Professor of Microbiology who has conducted multipleNIH-funded studies on the herpes simplex virus (HSV) and who is a leading researcher in his field.[52]UT's agricultural research programs are considered to be among the most accomplished in the nation, and the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment is home to the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Initiative, recognized by theUnited States Department of Energy(DOE) as the "best local clean fuels program in America".[53]By funding from the DOE, the University of Tennessee ranked 6th for FY 2021.[54]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Main article:Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The major hub of research at the University of Tennessee isOak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL), one of the largest government laboratories in the United States. ORNL is a major center of civilian and governmental research[55]and features two of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

Looking west along the Pedestrian Walkway

SECU: the SEC Academic Initiative

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The University of Tennessee is a member of the SEC Academic Consortium, now called theSECU,a collaborative endeavor designed to promote research, scholarship and achievement amongst the member universities in theSoutheastern Conference.[56][57]

Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy

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Further information:Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy

TheHoward H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policyregularly holds events relative to the center's three major areas of focus which are Energy & Environment, Global Security, and Leadership & Government.

Agricultural Campus

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Through 21 departments, the agricultural (nicknamed "Ag" ) campus offers 11 undergraduate majors, 13 undergrad minors, 14 graduate programs, and veterinary medicine majors.[58][59][60]The campus supports academics, research and community outreach.[61]TheUniversity of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility,nicknamed the "Body Farm",is located near theUniversity of Tennessee Medical CenteronAlcoa Highway(US 129). Founded byWilliam M. Bassin 1972, the Body Farm endeavors to increase anthropological and forensic knowledge specifically related to the decomposition of the human body and is one of the leading centers for such research in the United States.[62]

Cherokee Research Campus

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On March 16, 2009, the university broke ground on a 188-acre (76 ha) campus in downtown Knoxville that is devoted tonanotechnology,neutron science,materials science,energy, climate studies,environmental science,andbiomedical science.[63]

Campus master plan

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UT College of Law

The university implemented a 25-year (2001–2026) campus master plan.[64]The plan is designed to make the campus more pedestrian-friendly by establishing large areas of open green space and relegating parking facilities to the periphery. Uniform building design codes are in the planning. The iconicAyres Hallunderwent a massive upgrade as part of Phase 1 of the project in 2011.[64]

View ofEuropa and the Bullat McClung Plaza

Space Institute

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Main article:University of Tennessee Space Institute

TheUniversity of Tennessee Space Institute,located inTullahoma, TN,is an extension of the Knoxville campus supporting research and graduate studies in aerospace engineering and related fields. The Space Institute is home to various supersonic wind tunnels used by the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering. This includes Mach 2, Mach 2.3, and Mach 4 facilities. A Mach 7 wind tunnel was completed in 2021 to supporthypersonicflight research.[65]The Space Institute is also home to the Center ofLaserApplications (CLA).

Student life

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Student body

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Student body composition as of Fall 2023.
Race and ethnicity[66] Total
White 76.7% 76.7
Black 4.2% 4.2
Hispanic 5.9% 5.9
Other[a] 5.9% 5.9
Asian 3.5% 3.5
Foreign national 3.6% 3.6
Economic diversity
Low-income[b] 24% 24
Affluent[c] 76% 76

In Fall 2023, the university enrolled 28,883 undergraduate and 7,421 graduate and professional students; 54.6% of students are female, 45.4% are male.[5]UT hosts students from all 50 U.S. states and over 90 foreign countries. 22,922 students come from Tennessee, and the next three most popular U.S. states areGeorgia,Virginia,andNorth Carolina.The top three home countries of international students areChina,India,andBangladesh.[67]

Organizations

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The University of Tennessee has over 450 registeredstudent organizations.These groups cater to a variety of interests and provide options for those interested in service, sports, arts, social activities, government, politics, cultural issues, and Greek societies.[68]

The university operates two radio stations: student-run The Rock (formerly the Torch)[69](WUTK-FM90.3MHz) andNational Public RadioaffiliateWUOT-FM91.9 MHz. The university's first radio station was on the AM frequency 850 kHz, a donation from Knoxville radio stationWIVK-AM/FM.The Phoenix,a literary art magazine, is published in the fall and springsemestersand showcases student artistic creativity.

The Volunteer Channel

The Volunteer Channel (TVC) is the university's student run television station. TVC reaches nearly 7,000 UT students in residence halls and 100,000 residents in surrounding counties on Comcast Digital Channel 194.[70]

The Daily Beacon

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The Daily Beaconis the editorially independent student newspaper of UT's campus. It began in 1906 asThe Orange & Whiteand became a staple on the campus landscape, publishing for 61 years.The Daily Beaconwas established as its successor in 1965, taking over in spring 1967. It printed 10,000 daily copies weekly prior to moving online.[71]It now distributes 2,100 copies per week and produces daily online content about the campus and the surrounding area.[72]

The Rock

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Main article:The Rock (University of Tennessee)

Unearthed in the 1960s, the Rock probably soon thereafter became a "canvas" for student messages. For years the university sandblasted away the messages but eventually deferred to students' artistic endeavors.The Daily Beaconhas editorialized: "Originally a smaller rock, the Rock has grown in prestige and size while thousands of coats of paint have been thrown on its jagged face. Really, its function is as an open forum for students."[73]

Greek institutions

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The University of Tennessee hosts roughly 20 sororities and 30 fraternities. Approximately 20% of undergraduate men and 30% of undergraduate women are active in Greek organizations.[74]

Athletics

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Main article:Tennessee Volunteers
Neyland Stadium
UT athletics logo

Tennessee competes in theSoutheastern Conference's (SEC) Eastern Division, along withFlorida,Georgia,Kentucky,Missouri,South Carolina,andVanderbilt.The only UT team that does not compete in the SEC is the women'srowingprogram, which competes as a single-sport member of theBig 12 Conference.

TheTennessee Lady Volunteers basketballteam has won eight NCAA Division I titles (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008); onlyConnecticut,with eleven titles, has more championships. They are currently led byKellie Harper.She succeededHolly Warlick,who succeededPat Summitt,the all-time winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. Summitt's 1,000th victory occurred on February 5, 2009, and she boasts a 100 percent graduation rate for all players who finish their career at UT. Women's basketball rivals for Tennessee within the conference includeGeorgia,Vanderbilt,andLSU.

In August 2014, University of Tennessee students were given the opportunity to vote for a name for the Neyland Stadium student section. The name "Rocky Top Rowdies" was selected over "General's Quarters", "Smokey's Howl", "Vol Army", and "Big Orange Crew."[75]

On November 10, 2014, as part of a university-wide branding overhaul, the UT athletic department announced that starting with the 2015–16 school year, all UT women's teams except for basketball would drop "Lady" from their nickname and become simply "Volunteers". The rebranding coincided with UT's switch fromAdidastoNikeas its uniform supplier. The change was unpopular, and the name “Lady Volunteers” has since returned.[76]

Club sports

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Sports include tennis, pickleball, lacrosse, rugby, soccer,wrestling,hockey, running, crew, golf, ballroom dance, and paintball.[77]Some teams join intercollegiate conferences.

Colors

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Charles Moore, president of the university's athletic association, chose orange and white for the school colors on April 12, 1889. His inspiration is said to have come from orange and whitedaisieswhich grew on the Hill. To this day there are still orange and white flowers grown outside the University Center. Although students confirmed the colors at a special meeting in 1892, dissatisfaction caused the colors to be dropped. No other acceptable colors could be agreed on, however, and the original colors were reinstated a day later. The University of Tennessee's official colors areUT Orange(Pantone 151), White, and Smokey Gray (Pantone 426).[78]

Pride of the Southland Band

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Main article:Pride of the Southland Band
Five-minute video of the open of a football game

The Pride of the Southland Band (or simply The Pride) is UT's marching band. As one of the oldest institutions at the university, the band partakes in many of the gameday traditions. At every home game, the Pride performs the "March to the Stadium" which includes a parade sequence and climaxes when the band stops at the bottom of The Hill and performs the "Salute to the Hill", an homage to the history and legacy of the university. The band is known for its pregame show at the beginning of every home game, which ends with the football team running onto the field through the "Opening of the T".

Mascot

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Main article:Smokey (mascot)

Nickname

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Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State" for the large number of Tennesseans whovolunteeredfor duty in theWar of 1812,theMexican–American War,and theAmerican Civil War.A UT athletic team was dubbed the Volunteers for the first time in 1902 by theAtlanta Constitutionfollowing a football game against theGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets,although theKnoxville Journal and Tribunedid not use the name until 1905. By the fall of 1905 both theJournaland the then-Sentinelwere using the nickname.[79]

Notable people

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For a more comprehensive list, seeList of University of Tennessee people.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Other consists ofMultiracial Americans& those who prefer to not say.
  2. ^The percentage of students who received an income-based federalPell grantintended for low-income students.
  3. ^The percentage of students who are a part of theAmerican middle classat the bare minimum.

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